Background: One of the most popular surgical operations performed using a variety techniques is tonsillectomy. The two that are used frequently traditional cold dissection technique (CDT) and electrocautery, latter which carried out monopolar bipolar electrocautery procedures (BET).All during tonsillectomy intended to lessen perioperative bleeding, intensity felt pain, postoperative morbidities...

Tonsillectomy is still one of the most common surgical procedures in otorhinolaryngology [1]. However, over the last decades, its incidence has constantly been decreasing due to tighter indication as well as the development of alternative surgical procedures like tonsillotomy [2]. This trend mainly relies on the risks and complications which are associated with tonsillectomy: namely post-operat...

BACKGROUND Tonsillectomy is one of the most common pediatric procedures in the United States. An optimal perioperative pain control regimen remains a challenge. Intravenous ibuprofen administered at induction of anesthesia may be a safe and efficacious option for postoperative tonsillectomy pain. OBJECTIVES To determine whether preoperative administration of intravenous ibuprofen (IV-ibuprofe...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Postoperative pain is the main symptom and the most incapacitating one in tonsillectomy, and prescribing oral antibiotics to reduce postoperative pain is common. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of 2 different prophylactic antibiotic schemes to reduce postoperative morbidity in paediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy. One scheme consisted...

Tonsillectomy is rarely performed for life threatening reasons, but it has life-threatening complications. The most dreaded complication is haemorrhage. It is usually primary or reactionary in type, occurring any time up to 24 hours after operation. Studies are abound that show bleeding as the most common complication of adenotonsillectomy and the various methods to reduce the blood loss (Prasa...

Anesthesiologists are often consulted to help in the management of pediatric otolaryngologic emergencies. These include airway obstruction in children suffering from acute epiglottitis and croup. Surgical otolaryngologic emergencies such as foreign body aspiration, post-tonsillectomy bleeding, obstructive laryngeal papillomatosis, peritonsillar abscess, and laryngeal trauma can be life threaten...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether microdebrider intracapsular tonsillotomy (MT) results in less postoperative pain compared with electrosurgical extracapsular tonsillectomy (ET). DESIGN Prospective, randomized, double-blind, matched pair, clinical trial. SETTING Specialty care hospital. Patients Twelve male (48%) and 13 female (52%) children aged 5 to 15 years, with obstructive tonsillar hyperpl...

Abstract Background Intracapsular tonsillectomy has emerged as a novel alternative to traditional where the tonsillar capsule is left intact with small amount of overlying tissue. There growing evidence suggest that intracapsular associated reduced post-operative pain, haemorrhage and readmission rates. The aim this study was assess reported benefits within ENT department at tertiary paediatric...